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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

MiniMax-M3 vs MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Too close to call on our weighted score (MiniMax-M3 65, Qwen3.7 Plus 65, MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed 41). The right pick depends on what you value most.

  1. MiniMax

    MiniMax-M3

    Released Jun 1, 2026

    65/100
    • ECI147.0
    • Price$0.30 / $1.20
    • Context1.05M
    Full specs Remove MiniMax-M3

  2. MiniMax

    MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed

    Released Mar 18, 2026

    41/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.60 / $2.40
    • Context205K
    Full specs Remove MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed

  3. Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3.7 Plus

    Released Jun 2, 2026

    65/100
    • ECI147.4
    • Price$0.40 / $1.60
    • Context1M
    Full specs Remove Qwen3.7 Plus
01 — Verdict

Too close to call

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (MiniMax-M3 65/100, Qwen3.7 Plus 65/100, MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed 41/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: MiniMax-M3 on price and MiniMax-M3 for long inputs. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

  • CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
  • Lowest priceMiniMax-M3MiniMax-M3 $0.525 · Qwen3.7 Plus $0.70 · MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed $1.05 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextMiniMax-M3MiniMax-M3 1,048,576 · Qwen3.7 Plus 1,000,000 · MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed 204,800 tokens
  • Widest inputsMiniMax-M3 and Qwen3.7 PlusMiniMax-M3: Text, Images, Video · MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed: Text · Qwen3.7 Plus: Text, Images, Video
  • Self-hostingMiniMax-M3 and MiniMax-M2.7-highspeedPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightMiniMax-M3MiniMax-M2.7-highspeedQwen3.7 Plus
Price50%634957
Inputs & features30%703580
Context window20%613260
Overall100%65/10041/10065/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

MiniMax-M3 vs MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed vs Qwen3.7 Plus specifications side by side
SpecificationMiniMax-M3MiniMaxMiniMax-M2.7-highspeedMiniMaxQwen3.7 PlusAlibaba (Qwen)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)147.0—147.4 (best)
ECI rank#62 of 148—#61 of 148 (best)
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions90.9% (best)—87.9%
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics——34.4%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics71.1%—93.3% (best)
Price per million tokens
Input$0.30 (best)$0.60$0.40
Output$1.20 (best)$2.40$1.60
Cached input$0.06$0.06$0.04 (best)
Blended (3:1)$0.525 (best)$1.05$0.70
Long-context rateOver 512K: $0.60 / $2.40Same rateOver 256K: $1.20 / $4.80
Price sourceOfficial MiniMax (minimax.io) APIOfficial MiniMax (minimax.io) APIOfficial Alibaba API
Limits
Context window1,048,576 tokens (best)204,800 tokens1,000,000 tokens
Max output512,000 tokens (best)131,072 tokens64,000 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesYesNoYes
PDFsNoNoNo
AudioNoNoNo
VideoYesNoYes
ReasoningYesYesYes
Tool callingYesYesYes
Structured outputNoNoYes
Availability
WeightsOpenOpenProprietary
API model IDMiniMax-M3MiniMax-M2.7-highspeedqwen3.7-plus
API providers42 (best)1425
ReleasedJun 1, 2026Mar 18, 2026Jun 2, 2026
Knowledge cutoff——Apr 2025
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • MiniMax-M3$5.40
  • MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed$10.80
  • Qwen3.7 Plus$7.20
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: MiniMax-M3, MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed or Qwen3.7 Plus?

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (MiniMax-M3 65/100, Qwen3.7 Plus 65/100, MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed 41/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: MiniMax-M3 on price and MiniMax-M3 for long inputs. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M3, MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed or Qwen3.7 Plus?

MiniMax-M3 is cheaper at $0.30 input / $1.20 output per million tokens (official MiniMax (minimax.io) API price). Qwen3.7 Plus costs $0.40 input / $1.60 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price); MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed costs $0.60 input / $2.40 output per million tokens (official MiniMax (minimax.io) API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.525 per million tokens for MiniMax-M3 versus $0.70 for Qwen3.7 Plus (1.3× as much) and $1.05 for MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed (2× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. MiniMax-M3 has an ECI of 147.0, MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed has not been scored yet and Qwen3.7 Plus has an ECI of 147.4.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for MiniMax-M3, MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed and Qwen3.7 Plus yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiniMax-M3 has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 1,000,000 for Qwen3.7 Plus and 204,800 for MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed. Maximum output per response: MiniMax-M3 up to 512,000, MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed up to 131,072, Qwen3.7 Plus up to 64,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

MiniMax-M3 accepts text, images and video; MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed accepts text; Qwen3.7 Plus accepts text, images and video. MiniMax-M3 handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

MiniMax-M3 and MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Qwen3.7 Plus is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Qwen3.7 Plus is the newest, released Jun 2, 2026. MiniMax-M3 came out Jun 1, 2026; MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed came out Mar 18, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: Qwen3.7 Plus Apr 2025.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.

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